Schumpeter’s remarks on Ricardo’s criticisms of Smith’s system of thought (1954, p.472) can be further articulated by … have dealt with Ricardo’s or Smith’s systems of thought in recent years. Among these recent authors are Peach (1993, 2008 … of Ricardo’s criticisms of Smith’s argument but will reach for the analytical foundations both of these criticisms and of …

assessment of the then new concept of Pareto optimality, together with his reinterpretation and rejection of Ricardo's (1821 …

In his Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith created an agenda for the study of the economy that is reflected in the … structure of modern economics. This paper describes Smith's contributions to four central areas of economic theory: The theory … economy, and the sources of economic growth. In each case, an attempt is made to relate Smith's contribution to the state of …

The analysis here aims to explain Smith’s and Condorcet’s ideas about public education, stemming from their common …

The paper proposes a rational reconstruction of the arguments developed by Malthus and Ricardo in their 1815 essays … choosing the former. By contrast, Ricardo excluded any alternative between defence and opulence: trade does note give a …

This paper presents an alternative to both Sraffa’s and his critics’ interpretations of the nature of Ricardo’s search … for an ‘invariable measure of value’. It points out that Ricardo recognised two causes of change in the relative values of … characterised the first change as the real change and the second change as only an apparent change. The article argues that Ricardo …

The “machinery question” was developed by the economist David Ricardo (1772–1823) in the chapter “On Machinery” added … entertained by the labouring class, that the employment of machinery is frequently detrimental to their interests”. Ricardo … Ricardo’s argument and in subsequent interpretations. …